Pointe Blanche
| Pointe Blanche | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 140 ° 1 ′ E | |
| location | Pétrel Island , Géologie Archipelago | |
| Waters | Chenal Buffon | |
| Waters 2 | Anse de la Baleinière | |
The Pointe Blanche ( French for White Headland ) is a mostly icy headland in the northern section of the east coast of the Pétrel Island in the Géologie Archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland . It is located northeast of Mont Cervin between the Chenal Buffon and the Anse de la Baleinière .
French scholars named it descriptively in 1977.
Web links
- Blanche, pointe in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)